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Reblogged by blithe ("Blithe"):

gruber ("John Gruber") wrote:

Don't overthink it. Vision Pro is easily worth $3500 alone just for watching 2D movies and TV and sports on a virtual high-res enormous screen. If Apple can *also* offer 3D live sports and compelling original 3D content and games, they won't be able to make them fast enough to keep up with demand at $3500.

$3500 is a bargain for what Vision Pro offers.

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

time for an evening walk... maybe I’ll try out that 80m “hamstick” dipole idea by the reservoir tomorrow... hopefully everyone will be at work and I’ll not weird folks out erecting the mast 📡

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

So, this is great news!

Jerry Bell @jerry who runs the large Mastodon instance infosec.exchange, has posted that they are running both #Lemmy and #kbin instances:

"I have good news!
https://infosec.pub is running lemmy, and https://fedia.io is running kbin and we control them both"
https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/110527602646036871

This should give people confidence that these instances can handle the coming surge in new users:
Lemmy: https://infosec.pub/signup
kbin: https://fedia.io/register

#RedditMigration

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• Jerry Bell post announcing infosec.pub is running lemmy, and https://fedia.io is running kbin and we control them both (remote)

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I think it would be amusing if Reddit did implode over this. It'd be entirely self-inflicted... The site is only usable with third party apps.

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

chrisjrn@social.coop ("Christopher Neugebauer") wrote:

I love watching #nbpy ticket sales come in on a Sunday afternoon. Why not buy one yourself? Tell a friend! https://pretix.northbaypython.org/nbpy/nbpy-2023/ #python #pycon

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

ericflo@mastodon.xyz ("Eric Florenzano") wrote:

Never underestimate the power of moving an app off your home screen and launch bar. It's amazing how much of my idle time allocation goes to which app I place in which slot. E.g. replacing my Twitter icon with Elk (Mastodon) had a profound pavlovian transfer effect for me. I didn't expect it to even work.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Wow. So many misconceptions about evolution in one illustration. Maybe I can use it in class as an example of how not to understand evolution?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/06/11/dear-god-i-hate-this/

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• Abominable linear illustration of human evolution (remote)

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

ceejbot@toot.cat ("C J Silverio") wrote:

we do not preorder games
we do not preorder games
we do not preorder games

we only buy games after the reviews
we only buy games after the reviews
we only buy games after the reviews

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

dansup ("Daniel Supernault") wrote:

Two people have accused Pixelfed of going closed source because of a few missing js files and broken webpack config.

I know it's not a good look, but was overlooked for so long because I ship compiled js so npm isn't a required dependency.

Anyways, I'm going through and pushing the missing source files and then updating the webpack config so you can build the frontend ui properly again.

Then I'll get back to Import from IG 😎

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

That_One_Guy@mastodon.world ("𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒓") wrote:

I bought a new chair to give myself a place to sit in the living room. I got to sit in it last night and have since lost control to Elsa and Oreo. Should I go back to IKEA for another chair or just lock everyone in the basement? 🤔

FML! 🤬

#CatsOfMastodon #tuxedocats #Oreo #IKEA

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• A tuxedo cat named Oreo and a diluted calico cat named Elsa sleeping on my new chair together. (remote)
• A tuxedo cat named Oreo and a diluted calico cat named Elsa sleeping on my new chair together. (remote)

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

brianbilston@mastodon.online ("Brian Bilston") wrote:

Here’s a poem for World Otter Day.

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• What Don Corleone Did Next    upon retiring  from the mafia,   he wove aquatic mammals  out of raffia    let me tell you  how I learnt this news:    he made me an otter  I couldn’t refuse  Brian Bilston (remote)

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

WayofCats@c.im wrote:

It was said the path was guarded by a giant cat.

One must befriend the cat to find the treasure.
#CatsOfMastodon #Cats #Catstodon #CatLife #BudBudTheSpud

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• An enchanted looking forest path illustration has a giant gray tabby cat in a photo cutout blocking the path to the misty castle. (remote)

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

wila ("Wil van Antwerpen ✅") wrote:

Nothing will stop me from sleeping. #catsofmastodon #cats

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• Our cat on the sofa with his head squashed against the next pillow while holding that with his front paw and his mouth slightly opened.
• Still in the same position, but no longer holding the pillow.

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

cpoliticditto@mas.to ("connectpoliticditto.") wrote:

Republicans: “I don’t want trans people in my bathroom, that’s where I keep my classified documents”

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

Dreamer9177@mastodon.online wrote:

Henry again #catsofmastodon

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• de112d3eb8bca91e.jpeg (remote)

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

kevbob@xoxo.zone ("kevin collins") wrote:

Catch the sun
#CatsOfMastodon

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• Cat on the floor with a rectangular section of light that is beaming down through a skylight in the roof. Shadows surround the lit up area. (remote)

Reblogged by zack@toot.cafe ("Zack"):

eri@plush.city ("erika") wrote:

samus says happy pride :BetterPrideHeart:

(reposting due to lack of alt text, no source was provided for the image otherwise)

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• zero suit samus in trans pride flag colors (with armbands in pride flag colors) stands next to varia suit samus in pride flag colors. zero suit samus has her hands on her hips and is looking downward toward the viewer. varia suit samus is looking forward and giving a thumbs-up like at the end of super metroid. they're both standing in front of the progress pride flag. an unknown signature for the art is in the bottom-right corner of the image. couldn't find original artist via reverse image lookup (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

we’re worth a read

From: @lpwaterhouse
https://ioc.exchange/@lpwaterhouse/110489541176154809

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

happy pride

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

the euphoria one feels when identifying with a shared vexillological banner is self-flag elation

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“Almost every developing species had a creation myth buried somewhere in its past, even if by the time they’d become space-faring it was no more than a quaint and dusty irrelevance (though, granted, some were downright embarrassing). Talking utter drivel about thunderclouds having sex with the sun… at least showed you were interested in trying to provide an explanation for the world around you…”

— Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
https://a.co/dHdY8Pd

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“The authorities are thought to be looking into whether money intended to fight for another vote on independence was diverted for a different purpose, and to be investigating why Mr. Murrell made a loan to the party.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/11/world/europe/nicola-sturgeon-scotland-arrest.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

privacat@dataprotection.social ("Carey Lening :blobcatverified:") wrote:

Hey #irish #bike Masto: Does anyone know of a good ebike repair shop in Ireland, preferably one with some familiarity with Dutch Ebikes (Gazelle) ?

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

Edent ("Terence Eden") wrote:

Grrrr!

The precious angels at #Apple don't want you running #AppleMusic on an Amazon #FireStick.

You have to link your Apple music account to Alexa in order for it to work.

But the FireStick is just #Android, right? Right!

So side loading the Apple Music APK works!

But… it is impossible to get past the EULA because my TV isn't a touchscreen.

JUST MAKE THINGS INTEROPERABLE YOU MOOMINS!

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• Photo of a TV showing some legal text.

Reblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):

I_Like_Books@strangeobject.space ("I Like Books") wrote:

"My youngest daughter is a straight-A student, a cheerleader. Math is a challenge, but she's in honors English and History. She's smart, funny and grounded. She also happens to be transgender.

And so the United States of America, for her, is the Eighteen States of America, along with Washington, D.C.— the places where she is sufficiently protected by law and we feel she is likely to remain so throughout her education. (This list could expand or contract, depending on many factors.)"

#Personal #Salon #Transgender #Trans

https://www.salon.com/2023/06/10/for-my-transgender-daughter-there-are-only-18-states-of-america/

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I think it may be time to give the peas something to climb

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

think about it

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• 0922f3099c28a447.png

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

If you're sitting in your settee, thinking "what a wanker, Alex doesn't understand the struggle", remember that I make a living dragging folks out of the ditch.

I'm the disaster correspondent for frontend that nobody asked for (because they were all trying to sell you fire insurance policies on the extremely flammable building materials that FB and had already marketed)

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

The choice of functional reactive models (vs, you know, software) is not even a major plot point in this drama.

To the extent the world cares about why it's so expensive to make websites/apps and feel backed into FB/Meta/Google answers for how to do it reasonably is related to, uh, "pure fuctions"?...is a footnote, and not the entertaining kind.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

As a social liberal, the way I have come to understand my own relatively conservative values for software is as a gate between tides. Engineers -- like lawyers, bankers, consultants, and other highly paid professionals -- cannot change their operating environments quickly or unilaterally, but they can (on the basis of the discipline distinguishing itself through value creation) dampen malign actors.

Frontend's current struggle is to claw out of the shitcoin/ambulance-chaser morass.